First, I would like to thank all of the Good Morning Gloucester readers for their wonderful response with cards and comments that made the big event even more festive. Ruth’s party was held on March 20 in Pittsburgh, Pa. She was surrounded by family and friends as she enjoyed a lunch prepared by her great grandson Robert Chermely. Helping to serve were Robert’s wife Katie Chermely, and their son Jarrod. Also serving was Ruth’s grandson Michael Spolan, and his son Zachary, and Ruth’s great grandson Joey Benga. Among the family that arrived from Gloucester to enjoy the day were her niece Nancy Olson, great nephew Alex Olson, great grandson Joey Benga and granddaughter Carolyn Benga. Joining us to celebrate from Pittsburgh were her daughter Linda and son in law, John Grilli, and Chrissy.

Ruth said now that she has made it to 100, her new goal is to add 5 more years! All her family and friends applauded because they believe she will. Hopefully you will be seeing Ruth around Gloucester this summer enjoying the town and the wonderful folks that live here .Thanks again for your interest in this story.

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Love shooting early morning just after a rain storm. The textures and reflections make for much more interesting photos. The green on the sign vs the yellow and the purple. Lots of repetition and symmetry. Sometimes the scenes you pass by a million times end up being the most interesting when you simply slow down and immerse yourself in it.

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Please do not send in anything after the 29th of April.

The blog will still be updated every hour on the hour from 6am to 8pm. I’ve been working hard to pre-schedule two week’s worth of content during my scheduled times and you’ll be in very capable hands with the rest of the GMG crew who I know will step up and keep the quality at the high standards that you’ve come to expect from us.

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Joey came by the gallery on Rocky Neck yesterday and took these shots. His new work looks great, and I don’t look too wild for four days without a fix. Still in the process of hanging and organizing – aiming to open Mother’s Day weekend with a grand opening bash Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, and the first Mug Up of the season on Sunday, May 27th.

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Last month, one of our favorite local artists, Chelsea Berry brought a friend to town: Colorado singer/songwriter Megan Burtt — and now she one of our favorites too. Here are two videos from one of last month’s concerts.

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Independence Day

Tugboat Independence

from the Gloucester Daily Times;

The Independence’s many roles for Neptune GDF Suez provide “safety and security responsibilities, a communication conduit to the maritime community and logistical support for (tanker) personnel and equipment,” White said. Neptune GDF Suez has also offered Independence’s firefighting capability to the city of Gloucester should a waterfront fire ever occur.” CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE

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The rocks and water in these photos remind me of the rocks on the coast of Gloucester, although they are actually in northeastern Connecticut, in the town of Putnam, just a few minutes from my hometown. The geology is probably very similar.

This www.gloucesterwebcam.com local webcam portal project was an idea I had last year to have as many webcams streaming from local businesses or organizations as possible which highlight the incredible vistas that we as people that live and work here get to enjoy each and every day.

The idea was to have the organization install the webcam, have them embed the webcam feed on their own websites as well and have a link to each business website on the Gloucester webcam portal website to showcase their business as well.

Tim Blakeley from Gloucester Bytes provided the initial installation at ridiculously cheap cost because he believed in the project.

Gloucester Webcam

The GloucesterCast Podcast

Free GMG Gloucester Sticker

As long as supplies last if any GMG folks want a bumper sticker but can't drop down the dock, just send a self addressed and stamped envelope longer then 7 and a half inches and I'll drop one in the mail for you.

Send the self addressed and stamped envelope to the dock at 95 East Main St Gloucester Ma 01930 care of Joey (put my name in big letters to make sure it gets to me)

Free GMG Gloucester Sticker

As long as supplies last if any GMG folks want a bumper sticker but can't drop down the dock, just send a self addressed and stamped envelope longer then 7 and a half inches and I'll drop one in the mail for you.

Send the self addressed and stamped envelope to the dock at 95 East Main St Gloucester Ma 01930 care of Joey (put my name in big letters to make sure it gets to me)